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Sport Performance

Athletic performance comes from more than one quality. Strength, power, speed, conditioning, movement skill, recovery, and sport practice all contribute.

Updated for the Correct Fitness site migration • Original post date: Mar 4, 2024

Build the physical base

Athletes need enough strength and movement capacity to express skill repeatedly. The exact balance depends on the sport, position, age, training history, and competition calendar.

Power is strength expressed quickly

Jumping, sprinting, throwing, changing direction, and many sport actions depend on producing force rapidly. Power training should be progressed with appropriate technique and fatigue management.

Speed is a skill

Faster sprinting is not just “trying harder.” Mechanics, acceleration strategy, force application, stiffness, and exposure to high-quality sprinting all matter.

Conditioning must match the sport

The energy demands of a field sport differ from a distance event or strength sport. Conditioning should prepare the athlete for the work they actually need to repeat.

Recovery is part of training

Sleep, nutrition, stress, and scheduling affect adaptation. More work is not always better work, especially when practices and games already create a large training load.

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